Active Threads : What is the real criteria? (as it is NOT activity)

[Ta1kinPeace]

If I click on Active threads I would expect to see the threads with the most posts in the last half hour
but I don't

there are INCREDIBLY active threads (running at a couple of hundred posts a day)
that hardly ever appear there

so what is the criteria?

And why do MNHQ actively keep certain topics away from quick links?

It's the 50 threads which have been posted on most recently (at the time you went into Active) isn't it?

If you want all in the last 15mins (or whatever) there's a separate link

It's the 50 threads which have been posted on most recently (at the time you went into Active) isn't it?
No its not.
Hence why I'm asking

I'm watching some VERY active threads
that are not on the "active list"

Why does MNHQ censor what shows as hot topics ?

I'm just curious, wondering what those covertly active threads are!

Westminsterenders is the main one
its at about 80 posts an hour

oooOOOooooo I've just looked at the "15 mins" threads and there are loads that I haven't seen before!

Hi and thanks for the question.
Threads which have drawn lots of reports are less likely to be featured in the active threads area.

When the fuck did this happen? How appalling.

Got to ask Michael..

Do you also note posters who have made more than an average amount of reports?
If so do you then give more or less weight to their reports?

You may not be intentionally applying censorship but depending of how you operate the policy, others could be applying it for you.

Really?

These threads have no deleted posts, how can they have lots of reports?

What's the logic with that? Is this because mn is after a Daily Mail demographic now?

Oh, there have been a few deleted posts. You're clearly not allowed to speculate on ukip members.

So if Brexiters/Leavers don't like a discussion and don't want it to be available to a wider audience, then all they have to do is report lots of posts

That's censorship - especially because MNHQ insists on keeping the Brexit topic relatively hidden, so that people had to know where it is to find it

If we wanted to make sure that people could find the Westministnder threads, could we keep posting in AIBU threads with titles like AIBU to let you know where the latest Westministender thread is and posting the link on it?

Can I go and report a load of posts on, say, the Anna Soubry webchat question thread and make sure that it never appears on Active conversations?

I've been on MN for 17 years; I've always defended it against accusations of censorship but I think that the current moderation is "not in the spirit of MN guidelines" (and yes, I am copying and pasting this post for my own records)

A few, yes.

But it’s not the usual thing, there are AIBU threads with numerous deletions in Active.

A single dog thread has more deleted posts that most of of the Brexit ones put together.

Ah, I recognise Michael - unless there's more than one?

I agree with prettybird

Seems an odd call to make

And people report for all sorts of reasons!

If number of reports was an issue it’s a miracle any threads in AIBU end up in active.

And why number of reports rather than deletions? That doesn’t seem to make much sense.

That's very odd. Is there somewhere on site where I can read up on policy? I assumed active threads came up on active threads.

It should really be called something else - like threads MN have decided are suitable to be promoted.

I would think they use the number of reports as more people moan about brexit threads in other sections than actually reporting individual posts. In fact I remember seeing someone gleefully commenting that they got a brexit thread in AIBU moved to Brexit section

MN never seem to move baby name threads from AIBU into the Baby Name threads

But the Westministender threads are only ever in the Brexit topic

And if they end up being hidden in the Brexit topic, the lurkers, of whom there are many and more coming delurking regularly may never spot them.

I only came across them initially because I saw them in Active and was curious as to what they were.

So someone is resorting to reporting multiple posts - and MN is effectively letting them get away with being a snowflake

Very true prettybird

That's horrendous and it really needs to change. Maliciously reporting threads or posts to promote a political agenda really goes against the spirit of MN.

Threads which have drawn lots of reports are less likely to be featured in the active threads area.

I've just seen this - WTF?! So MNHQ is censoring Active on the basis of controversy? You do realise that is absolutely encouraging people to flood MNHQ with reports in order to get threads removed

@MichaelMumsnet
Thank you for your response.

Could you confirm what steps MNHQ take to stop malicious reporting
as of course misuse of social media by bot networks and vested interests
is a rather topical point where the Westminsterenders threads are concerned